Yarrow Stalks
  1. The 64
  2. 2 坤 Kūn, Earth
  3. Line 5
2 坤, line 5

Line 5 六五 yin, divided, of hexagram 2 坤 Kūn

The line, with Legge

Line statement 爻辭

黃裳,元吉。

huáng cháng, yuán jí.

The fifth line, divided, (shows) the yellow lower garment. There will be great good fortune. (Legge, 1882)

The Image 小象

黃裳元吉,文在中也。

huáng cháng yuán jí, wén zài zhōng yě.

Where this line leads

Sources

  • Chinese text: 周易, 維基文庫, page (revision 2404999); the text is public domain, the site's edits CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • English: James Legge, The Yî King, Sacred Books of the East vol. XVI, Oxford 1882 (public domain).
  • Pinyin: Unihan (Unicode License v3) with this site's readings for the classical cases.